budge
budge
verb
verb
- [usu. with negative]make or cause to make the slightest movement
（使）微微移动
[no obj.]the queue in the bank hasn't budged.
银行里排着的队伍纹丝未动。
[with obj.]I couldn't budge the door.
我推不动门。
■[no obj.](budge up/over)(informal)make room for another person by moving
(非正式)给别人挪开一块地方
budge up, boys, make room for your uncle.
孩子们，给你们的叔叔挪个地方。
■[usu. with modal]change or make (someone) change an opinion
（使）改变主意
[no obj.]I tried to persuade him but he wouldn't budge.
我试图说服他但他坚持己见。
[with obj.]neither bribe nor threat will budge him.
不管是贿赂还是恫吓都不能让他改变主意。
- late 16th cent.: from French bouger 'to stir', based on Latin bullire 'to boil'
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